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2024 Illinois Teacher of the Year
"Every single person that walks through our school doors deserve to feel a sense of belonging."
- Dr. Rachael Mahmood
In 2020, she started an educational consulting business, Equity Teacher Leader, LLC where she designs professional development and educational equity frameworks for educators. In addition to providing professional development and consulting for school districts across the state, she specializes in bringing together stakeholders in education in facilitated dialogue opportunities and helping school districts create educational equity teams and parent advisory groups.
Dr. Rachael Mahmood was named the 2024 Illinois Teacher of the Year by the Illinois State Board of Education and is an educator at Indian Prairie School District 204 in Aurora, IL. Over the past two decades in education, she has chaired equity teams and a diversity advisory parent group, facilitated dialogue circles, delivered professional development, and authored curriculums within her district and across the state. Dr. Mahmood also serves as the Educational Task Force Chair for the Muslim Civic Coalition and as a policy fellow for Teach Plus.
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Dr. Mahmood was recognized as a semifinalist in both the Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence and the Distinguished Alumni of Elmhurst University. Notably, she was honored with the Michael Feldman Educational Leadership Award from Elmhurst University and the Rising Star Alumni Award from Benedictine University.
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